Muscular Dystrophy Association

Today's featured charity: The Muscular Dystrophy Association!

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) fights muscular dystrophy and other diseases of the muscular and nervous systems.

They provide services to those with neuromuscular diseases and support research concerning said diseases, funding "about 200 research projects each year in a dozen countries" (1).

Founded in 1950, MDA fights many neuromuscular diseases, with over 90 listed on their website. They may not be far off when they say they've "contributed to almost every development in muscle biology in the last 50 years" (2).

Weekly Charity is not officially working with MDA, but does encourage helping them out.

Now for some statistics!

Charity Navigator gives Muscular Dystrophy Association: 2 out of 4 stars
Muscular Dystrophy Association meets 20/20 of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance's Standards for Charity Accountability.

Here's the Muscular Dystrophy Association's website:
https://www.mda.org

Thanks for reading about the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)!

SOURCES

(1) The website, www.mda.org, on the page, "FAQs" (under "About MDA"), retrieved from the url, "https://www.mda.org/about-mda/faq", on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.

(2) The website, www.mda.org, on the page, "What Has MDA Achieved?" (under "Hope Through Research"), retrieved from the url, "https://www.mda.org/research/what-has-mda-achieved", on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.